Car-door seal.



PATBNTED JAN. l, 1907.

G. COLUMBUS. v CAR DOOR SEAL. APPLIUATIQN FILED JUNE 1s, 190s.

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CHARLES COLUMBUS, O; SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOWILLIALI'GAGNAN, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON ICAR-Doon SEAL.

` Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application iiled June 18, 1906. Serial No. 322.286.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES COLUMBUS, a citizen of the United States,residingat Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Seals andIdo declare the following to be a full, clear', and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improved seal for cardoors and the like; and itconsists in the novel construction, combination, and ar'- rangement ofdevices hereinafter described and claimed. y

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient, andinexpensive device of this character which may be used without asealing-press and which cannot possibly .be opened without destroyingit.

The above and other objects, which will.

appear as the nature of my invention is bet'- ter understood, areaccomplished by means of the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 1s a perspective view of theimproved seal in its open position. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal sectionalview through the same, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing it in its closed or locked position. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the inner end of the sealingl strip or band, and Fig. 5 is adetail view of the ocking-spring.

The improved seal comprises abody'or casing 1, from which projects astri or band 2 oi' metal. This strip is formed a jacentto its outer orfree end with anelongated aperture 3, and its opposite endextendsthrough a slot 4,.for1ned in the end 5 of' the body 1, which latterispreferably cylindrical in form and stamped from a single piece ofmetal, its opposite end being closed by a head 6, which is permanentlyTsecured in position after the locking mechanism has been set andadjusted in the body or casing. Said locking mechanism Jfor theapertured end of the strip 2 is formed by bending or doubling the innerend of said strip upon itself, as shown at 7, to form space ject throughthe slot 4 in the body 1 and are adapted to rceivethe apertured free endof the strip between them, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, theprojecting outer end 10 of guide members 8 9, whiclipro-y l claim.

the (portion or member 9 being bent outwar ly, as shown, to guide s aidapertuled end of the strip into the body orcasing".` These portions ormembers 8 9 are prevented from being pulled out of the casing throughthe slot 4 by stamping in the portion 9 an. outwardly-projecting detent11. In vthe folded or doubled end 7 of the guide ortions 8 9 is formed alongitudinally-exten vin slot 13 to receive the' coiled ortion of a locf spring 115. The latter has one i its ends bent to form a loop or eye16, which bears against the outer face of the member or portion 8, andits opposite endis shaped to form a spring catch or hook 17, whichextends inwardly and is seated normally in a longitudinally-extendinggroove or recess 18, formed in the member or portion 9'. Atthe inner endof the groove or recess-18 is formed in the two members or. portions 8 9transvers'ely-v alined apertures 19,` into which the hook end 17 of thespring is ,adapted to roject when said spring is moved longitu saidmembers.

When the stri nally upon l2 is securedin the body or casing 1 and be orethe latter is closed at itsv outer end 6, the coil 14 is moved to theinner end 'of the-slot 7, so that the hook or catch l 17 is seated inthe groove 18.- Whenthe apertured outer end of the stri 1 is insertedbetween the members 8 9 and orced into the body or casing, it willengage the coil 14 of the spring and move the latter inwardl until thehook or catch 17 springs throug the aliningapertures 1t .in the members8 9 and also through the aperture 3 in said end of the strip 1. When thearts are infthis position, which is shownin ig. 3, it will be seen thatboth ends of the strip. 2 will be effectively locked in the body orcasing 1y and thatit will beim ossible to remove them .p 95

connection with the accompanying drawings, '4

Without destroying t e seal.

From the foregoing description, taken the construction and operation ofthe invention will be readily understood without requiring a moreextended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion,4 and the minor details ofconstructionffnay be resorted to without departing from the prin-A cipleor sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as dened by theappended Having thus described my invention, vrha't Ielaim as new, anddesire t'o secure by Let# vters Patent, is-

, outwardly and rovided With a detent, near itsV terminal an with alongitudinal groove terminating at its inner end in an aperture,

' the other member of the bent portion having an aperture registeringwith said first-mentioned aperture, a spring-ps'lidable inl'the'slot insaid bent end and having means resting in said groove and adapted toextend into said registering apertures, said strip bein bent to form aloop and having its 'free 'en apertured and adapted to slide betweenthe' members of said bent portion.

In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set my hand. in vpresence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

t CHARLES COLUMBUS.

f Witnesses: 'l

,NEVILLE Ci GROSE, J. H. HARPER.

